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but the fight on the candidates' records for creating jobs will start next week. >> testimonials like this about baine captial, the private equity firm that mitt romney used to run. the agony, some of the money that pay for this tv ad may have come from the same company that obama is demonizing, bain capital. they had given to the obama campaign. they had given in the reelection efforts the maximum amount allowed by law $35,800. in the case of one of the donors, he didn't just write his own check to the president. he is a fund-raiser who helps the obama campaign raise money for mothers.

>> if we lost, they made money. if we survived, they made money. it is as simple as that. >> nearly all the donations from the main capitol employees were made in 2011. the obama campaign says they do not intend to return any campaign cash from bai andn please. but isn't it hypocritical to keep it? >> accepting a contribution from a particular person involved in venture capital and criticizing mitt romney who made his record as a venture capitalist at bain is the central focus of his credibility and his qualifications are completely different things. >> ken vogle is with us.

let's talk about this. there is an irony here that the obama campaign has these attack ads against bain capital, but they have more than $100,000 in donations coming from employees. that seems risky. >> it is for a couple of reasons president obama is actively seeking to raise money from the finance sector, including bain capital, an area that was strong for him in 2008 and there's less enthusiasm for president obama seeking reelection. from the fund raising ankle, he will continue to seek out his money. he will keep putting these people and this company while simultaneously seeking money from it and similar firms. you run the risk of diminishing your ability of raising money from them and being seen as a

hypocrite. >> depending on how this is received. >> fund-raising has been a surprising strength in this campaign. no matter who president obama faced, he would be a significant financial advantage. he has been very strong at reaching many and has very strong outside groups that can accept unlimited funds from his supporters while president obama has struggled on that front. and president obama has been off the fundraising pace, the historic fundraising pace that he had in 2008. >> so he has the attack ads against bain capital and the president was taking another strike at romney in iowa why are they suddenly stepping up attacks against romney? >> this is before people checked out during the summer and go to summer vacation activities.

they can define mitt romney before he has a chance to define himself. after all he just endured a rabbit protected and brutal primary on the republican side where his rivals were attacking him. he was not able to make the big biographical course as a new nominee on the national stage. the obama campaign has a chance to really pylon. if you notice, with the bain capital attacks that is a continuation of the mitt romney primary opponents. this is a real potentially fruitful line of attack. >> we will see what happens. thank you so much. there are plenty of memorial day

events scheduled around the washington area tomorrow. one of the busiest places will be the arlington national cemetery. president obama will lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown. also tomorrow, the national memorial day parade in downtown washington -- this year's parade will have a tribute to service members who served and sacrificed during operation iraqi freedom and operation new dawn. there will be several memorial day events. if you're planning on taking metro to some of those events, you will want to plan ahead. there are some delays. there is no service on the green line between green belt and four top 10 -- fort totten.

chuck brown passed away last week at the age of 75. there will be a viewing in northwest washington. a week from tonight, a public memorial service will be held at the d.c. convention center on mount vernon from noon until 3:00 p.m. much more ahead on "washington weekly," including the primary that will likely clinched the nomination for mitt romney. + katie couric years up for her new talk show. >> and we had rounds of showers earlier. we have another batch headed our way. and i will talk

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republicans in texas. mitt romney is just 79 delegates shy of the 1444 needed to clinch the nomination. it is likely that texas will put romney well over the top. thursday is the word -- the world health organization no tobacco day. smokers and other tobacco users are asked to cents -- to abstain from tobacco used for 24 hours. friday's june 1. that means the beginning of hurricane season. the forecast for this year ranges from 12 to 14 named storms. last season, the washington area and much of the east coast was hit hard by hurricane irene in august. here's a look at what our local sports teams have going on.

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>> here is a look at tonight's top stories. several former and runs -- servile farm animals were attacked this weekend. the animals injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. the person who did it is still on the loose. this is the second incident like this in the past month. for people are facing charges

after drug busts at two ocean city, maryland businesses. they found synthetic marijuana at cool topics and new york n.y.. they seized more than 500 bags of the stuff along with drug paraphernalia. and a strong rainstorm hit many parts of our area. people who came to the district for memorial day events were caught off guard by the rain. it also brought a quick end to the annual memorial day concert. >> losing a little bit of steam now. another little round off to the north. we had the whole day, fine. but that is how the pattern sets. another chance for some storms tomorrow. the radar picture -- the heftier

charge from earlier are off to the south and east. you see these complex systems coming into an atmosphere that already had showers and storms. the showers are still rushing through. we will keep an eye on that, but maybe a few more rumbles pre-dawn. hagerstown got just under an inch of rain. half an inch fell in fairfax. wind gusts were anywhere from 25 miles per hour to 35 m.p.h. the you can definitely see the pattern from earlier. here's the next little badge. it is losing some intensity as

it makes its way from pittsburgh. 87 degrees was the high today. tomorrow probably into the low- 90's. the high humidity will make it feel even warmer than that. curley 60's at low-70's, warm and muggy. i do think that some patchy fog is likely. this is tropical storm beryl. right now, it is just off the coast of jacksonville fla. we're watching it closely. it will make land fall overnight and truculent and make its way -- and tracked inland and make its way across the eastern

seaboard. it will need to put it slide over our area has we head into the middle portion of the week. isolated storms for the day tomorrow. better chance for storms on tuesday. patchy clouds and steamy tomorrow. long term, we do see a cooling trend for the latter half of the week. >> tomorrow, at least, it will be steamy and muggy. we will see you out the rock ville

>> this fall, katie couric will be back as a talk-show host. >> you can't go far without strangers wanting to approach. she made history as the first female to solo painter the evening news. but when it came to getting a cab, she still seemed like the girl next door. >> you can take the girl out of arlington, but you cannot take arlington out of the girl. the precursor to the big mac.

>> she still gets excited and inspired when talking about home. her father passed away last year but her mother still lives there today. * arlene but happy. >> any money that we might have had went to living or to our college fund. my grandmother used to give me a check for $5 and a birthday card and it went right into my college fund. >> while her career may seem glamorous, everything from her office decor to permit other sensibilities stress hard work over high fashion. losing her husband in 1998 to cancer was a grief-stricken placentia carries very day. >> things happen. people get divorced. people die, as they did in my husband's case. and you need to stake out your own role. and i think a sense of purpose. >> why take on this new challenge? >> i am not ready to retire yet. i just turned 55.

aikin like i have a lot of productive years ahead of me. >> -- i feel like i have a lot of productive years ahead of me. >> she says she is excited about the new show. this could be a typical friday night. >> i am home and my daughter is out with her friends. but i am here twiddling my thumbs and watching "downtown bambi." >> -- "downtown have th